UKBA doubles capacity to arrest suspects

The UKBA now have an extra 550 arrest trained officers, doubling its previous capacity, according to a debate in the House of Lords last month.

When challenged by a Labour peer about what plans the Conservatives have to increase the number of deportations, Lord Taylor claimed that:

“Over the course of the year Immigration Enforcement will have recruited over 400 new Arrest Trained officers and converted 150 posts from non-arrest trained to Arrest Trained posts, doubling the arrest capacity available.”

He also revealed the hard-fist behind the #racistvan, with “a total of 4,150 paid Full Time Equivalent staff” plotting how to catch people. Ominously, he added that “the Immigration Enforcement Directorate is currently recruiting frontline posts to secure the removal of immigration offenders.”